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angioplasty; balloon angioplasty

Indications: - arterial occlusive disease Procedure: - an invasive procedure to enlarge the lumen of a narrowed artery by balloon compression - the angioplasty catheter is inserted into an artery, & the cylindrical balloon is inflated at the site of an obstructing atheroma * Folgard after angioplasty is controversial * FDA-approved drug-coated balloon Jan 2015 [2]

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endarterectomy

Specific

aortic angioplasty brachiocephalic angioplasty carotid angioplasty intracranial angioplasty percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) peripheral artery angioplasty venous angioplasy (percutaneous transluminal venous angioplasty) visceral angioplasty

General

interventional radiology

References

  1. Prescriber's Letter 10(6):33 2003
  2. LUTONIX 035 Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) PTA Catheter DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration FDA Executive Summary Prepared for the June 12, 2014 meeting of the Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/MedicalDevices/MedicalDevicesAdvisoryCommittee/CirculatorySystemDevicesPanel/UCM400614.pdf - Meditronic Press Release. Jan 5, 2015 http://newsroom.medtronic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251324&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2002957